City Council Hears Readings and Fireproofing Plans
The Common Council spent a long session reading resolutions and legal communications. Aldermen-elect Davis Gaffney and Funnell observed, while Texas Oil Co. faced potential fireproofing needs as insurance rates loom. Clerk Stanton and Mayor Miles pressed to move toward fireproofing and prompt company action.
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Common Council
Clerk Stanton
Inter En
Rall
Thompson
Igham
Fire Department
McCoach
Police Department
J. William P. Cortes
Miles
Frank M Davis
Francie K Gaffney
William H Funnell
George Miller
Texas Oi Co
Cortes
Texas O l Co
Herrer
Texas Company
Holly
H. H. Blanchard
Orance County Lighting Company
Hicham
Jonthir
Cot
Taylor
Lie Doard
Tihmes
Awerinas Cole
Meth
Louis Roth
Bolin
Sovrem
Mittens
Athamtra Theatre
Corporation Comness Bright
City Aldermen vote for school site purchase and bonds
After inspectors reported on the site for a new school, Alderman DuVail moved to raise 10800 to cover the site cost via city certificates, with 2100 yearly payments until cancelled. The measure passed. Also approved were assessment levies, transfers to balance books, frontage tax, and water main extensions on Cottage and Sproat streets and to Crawford Place.
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DuVail
Cole
Taylor
Babcock
Orden
Herren
Cottage
Sproat
Crawford Place
Deeds Filed at Goshen November 24
Deeds filed at Goshen show transfers in Port Jervis Middletown and Newburgh. George Cook and wife sell land on Pennsylvania Avenue Port Jervis to David Strackman and wife for 32000. Elbert N Oakes sells land on Royce Avenue Middletown to Violet Outland Oakes for 1. Henry E Wagner and wife sell land in Chester town to Joseph A De Ronde of Brooklyn for 1. Carrie C Fiero sells land on Cottage Street Middletown to Mary Hanna for 1. Isabella W Conkling sells land Broadway Newburgh to Concorydon Co Newburgh for 10. Concorydon Co Newburgh sells land Broadway Newburgh to Grace Simts Chrystie in NYC for 10. Russell S Baxter sells land in New Windsor to Whitmore H Barber for 1.
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George ¥. Cook
Port. Jervis
David Strackman
Pennsylvania Avenue
Port Jervis
Elbert N Oakes
Middletown
Violet Outland Oakes
Royce Ave
Nue
Henry E. Wagner
Chester
Joseph A. de Ronde
Brooklyn
Carrie C. Fiero
Mary Hanna
Cottage Street
Isabella W Conkling
Amaour Villa Park
Concorydon Co
Newburgh
Broadway
Grace Simts Chrystie
Claremont Avenue
New York
Russell S. Baxter
New Windsor
Whitmore H. Barter
Lived to See All Great Rulers Die in Yonkers
In Yonkers on November 23 Dr J G Oakley recalled his semicentennial sermon noting he had lived through eras where every emperor or king had fallen, except Francis Joseph, and now that ruler is gone. Oakley, a former St Paul’s pastor, participated in recent anniversary services.
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Yonkers
J. G. Oakley
New York
Francis Joseph
Austria
Dr. Oakley
St. Paul's
Store Entry at Port Jervis Causes theft of jewelry
Port Jervis November 27 The store of Julis Levin at Front and Sussex streets was entered early Sunday morning. Jewelry valued around 800 was stolen after burglars pried window bars from a deck window and broke the pane. Levin, residing on the second floor, slept through the incident. he discovered the loss upon going downstairs.
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Times
Port Jervis
Julis Levin
Front
Sussex
Levin
Dartac
Ellenville Man Appointed to Committees
Brital November 2 The New York State Teachers Association held its forty first annual convention with President Alfred C. Thompson in attendance. W Floyd Harris of Evervite was named a member of the nominations committee.
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Brital
Alfred c. Thompaca
New York State Teachers’ Association
Mertnicht
W. Floyd Harris
Evervite
Uenominations Committee
Local creditors meet in Newburgh bankruptcy case
Monday in Newburgh creditors gathered for the first meeting in the bankruptcy of Simon Rowemhivmn, a civil merchant on West Main Street Middletown. Judge Walter C. Anthon y presided as referee with Edmond C. Pastk ger and Woe of Ayts city representing creditors. Me. Feulkner appointed trustee in bankruptcy.
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Newbergh
Simon Rowemhivmn
Middietown
Rator C. Malibr
Walter C. Anhony
Edmond C. Pastkger
Ayts City
Me. Feulkner
Agriculturalists to be welcomed in City on Saturday
Farmers from Orange County are invited to a special Farmers Day in the city as the Orange County Farm Bureau holds its annual meeting. The Chamber of Commerce promises warm hospitality, special attention from merchants, and bargains designed to support the rural community. Weather permitting, a large country attendance is anticipated as local business leaders aim to bolster town growth and farm prosperity.
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Ois City
Chamber of Commerce
Orange County Farm Bureau
Orange County
Landabee
Timey-Press
Thev
Farm Bureau
Owners to Cover Draper Brook to End Nuisance
During summer residents complained about Draper Brook condition. At Monday’s Common Council meeting Alder man Herres offered a resolution requiring Brook Street to Lenox rear properties along Montgomery Street to cover the brook. If owners fail, the city will do the work and charge the properties, as authorities vow to abate the nuisance.
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Draper Brook
Board of Health
Common Council
Alderm Aan Herres
Grove Street
Railroad Avenue
Lenox
Montgomery Street
Ceremonial Held by the Shriners Notes Attendees and Parade
The Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine held a ceremonial at Terrace Garden New York attracting 1 209 members marching from 107 West 4th Street led by officers and band in costumes. Attendees from here included Chatlen Hi Spiess and Fletcher E Rhodes. Mrs Price Collier of Tuxedo Park announced the engagement of daughter Katharine Delano Price Collier to George Baker St George.
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Terrace Garden
New York
Mecca
Weat 4Th Street
Inilathon
Aalr
Atrrons
Chatlen Hi
Miss Collier
Amateur rowing change shifts venue to Connecticut River
November plans for the Intercollegiate Rowing Association moved from the Poughkeepsie course on the Hudson to the Connecticut River near Springfield. The Cornell Colubmus Syracuse and Pennsylvania races failed to be met. The Coral Board of Trade will alter national amateur regattas and several college races including Columbia Princeton.
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Sprineield
Mase
Intercolieriate Rowing Association
Poushkeepsie Highland Couree
Hudson
Connecticut
Cornell-Columuus
Attorney Crist Weds Miss Williams in New York
The wedding of former Assistant District Attorney Harry T Crist and Miss Gwendolen Williams occurred Tuesday in New York with Rev. David C Wylle officiating. The couple will reside in Middletown at 90 Linden Avenue after a short wedding trip. Crist, a Middletown High School and Cornell Law School graduate, has held key local posts and remains active in social and fraternal circles.
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Marter
Harry T Crist
Gwendolen Williams
New York
David C. Wylle
Crist
Middletown
Linden Avenue
George Grant Wiliams
Frank C. Tompkins
New York City
Harry T. Crist
Moses Crist
Middletown High School
Cornwell University
Thomas C. Rogers
Excelsior Hook and Ladder Company
Hoffman Lodge
Old Orchard Club
Board of Education
Republican City Committee
Last Election Certifies Electors in California
Sacramento November 78 final certification to the election of Democratic presidential electors in this slate was made at the Secretary of State’s office shortly before midnight last night.
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Sacramento
Cal
Bate
Edison Forget Science and the Mount Washington Party
Edison and Mina Miller of Akron joined a wedding party at Mount Washington. Amid social chatter and a newspaper editor’s request for a souvenir, Edison shifted from science to romance and penned Mina Miller’s name on a paper, celebrated as one of the era’s notable moments.
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Edison
Eal
Mount Washington
Mina Miller
Edleon
Mira Mina Miller
Akron
Mom
Onta
Mount Waabingtoe
Weanen
Painter Marttto Albertineli Faces Public Scrutiny
A garbled OCR note mentions Marttto Albertineli a fourteenth century painter known for deception and later abandoning painting. The text is unclear and includes scattered phrases about critics and records, yielding a weak, fragmentary news-style item with no cohesive facts.
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Pawner
Tirvern
Marttto Albertineli
Ives
LM Tavets
Tanner to Leave State Committee
New York Navy. Frederick C. Tanner, chairman of the Republican State committee, will retire from that post. He told Governor Whitman he wished to resign immediately after a conference with Whitman and other leaders, citing business pressures and politics as reasons.
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New York
Navy
Frederick C. Tanner
Republican State Committee
Tanner
Whitman
St Beale
Perdert Parsons
Samuel S. Koenix
Republican County Committee
United States
van M. Calder
Brooklin
Fr. HW. K
Fragmentary verse on duty and truth in night and day
A fragmentary verse contemplates duty and power, contrasting morning and night and the reach of intellect. It hints at the shadow that divides light and life, invoking a cloistered cadence and elusive clarity.
Bridge repairs urged for Erie tracks over Oliver street
At the Common Council meeting, a Erie chief engineer report warned serious defects in the Oliver street bridge over the Erie tracks. The council adopted a resolution directing Erie and Wallail Transit to repair within 10 days or the city will act. Residents on Jackson avenue learned curb and gutter rebuilding was denied due to legal limits, with possible future steps to obtain better concrete work.
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Oliver Street
Erie
Common Council
R. S Rogers
The
Holly
Erie and the Wallail) Transit Company
Pridge
Vackeon Avenue
Jackson Avenue
Common Connell
Cox
Pierson Dies in New York City at 40
Samuel Van Fleet Pierson passed away suddenly at his New York home on Monday at age 40. He was born April 23, 1876 in Unionville, the only son of Frank Pierson and Frances Van Nostrand. Survived by his mother and daughter Mabel Wood Pierson, he was an auditor for a New York firm. Funeral at his mother's home, 32 Little Avenue, this afternoon at 7:00, with interment in the Warnick family plot.
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Samuel van Fleet Pieraon
New York
Mr. Piereon
Unionville
Frank Pierson
Frances, van Nostrand
Mabel Wood Pierson
Mr. Pierson
New York Firma
Pierson
Little Avenue
Warnick
Fragmented tale reveals checks and naming quirks in old paper
The text discusses a bank check issue where a woman’s payment was misdirected to Mrs M J Bentth and the teller’s casual explanation. It then shifts to a note on complex naming practices among enslaved and freed people in Grenada, describing how paternal names pass as surnames and confusion over kinship in generations.
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B. Beith
M. J. Bentth
M. J
Amd
Six Cent Price Rise Rumors Hit Beer Industry
The text reports a looming six cent rise in beer price amid a predicted increase in ale costs. Brewers cite higher malt and related materials due to reduced supply, partly from European demand, and saloon keepers warn of passing costs to consumers.
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Cnlte
Europe
Atso
Fatal Erie train crash claims Goabens resident
Brad Mulhair aged 41 died from injuries after his wagon was struck by Erie train No. 2 at Owen’s crossing about 5 30 PM Monday. He died at his Goabens home about 9 PM. Survived by wife eight children and several relatives. Funeral services held at Gabriel Jones farm with requiem mass at St Marys Port Jervis and burial in St Marys Cemetery.
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Erie
Bradoer B. Mulhatr
Goaben
Mr. Mulhatr
Owen's Crossing
Mellen
Goshen
Condict
Erle
Mulhair
Hugh Mulhatr
Weltha Wickham
Willard
Chan
Iate
Gabriel Jones
St. Marys Church
Port Jervis
St. Marys Cemetery
Erie Orders Rail Agreement For Coal Yard Siding
Newburgh coal dealer Harry Jackson wins an order from the Public Service Commission directing Erie Railroad to negotiate a siding and fog project for his coal yard near West Newburgh. Commissioner Hodson dissents, challenging the commission's jurisdiction.
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Albany
William Temple Emmet
Pubic Settice Commission
Erie Railroad
Harry Jackson
Newburgh
West Newbarnh
Hodson
Jackson
Rajirad
Fragmentary dialogue fragment from a whaling exchange
Fragmentary OCR text shows a chatty exchange with phrases like That'y Diferena and Who eaid I was by these suggesting a humorous, incomplete report. No clear events, names, places, dates, or affiliations are readable.
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Waite Transit Company
Ellenville
Persil
Cify
Chicago
Mise Gertrude Nelligan
John DB. Robertson
Council
Williams
Metropolis
Whee Ie Gee
Anthing
Aiver. Uecnnens
ovTy
Olive Street
Citcas
Grenada
Jobn Jones
Naturaliste
Bradner B. Mulhair
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